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the other thing is you see a real education that has gone on by some of the group to try to get more people on board and the big names like focus on the family and freedom and faith coalition came out in support of it. you will get the big names that come out and try to get it across the finish line. >> you can't see the bottom of our screen, but the what would jesus do. i feel the need to explain it. some of these people who are pastors have even told their congregation to go to the bible and read scriptures related to jesus and immigration. >> it's gone beyond just the people behind the pulpit. the pastors are taking it to the pews and they have a 40-day prayer where they are asking the parishioners to read about the immigrant as part of the bible. it's called i'm a strangerer. there is a definite education curve and they focus on states like arizona, california, colorado that could give cover to members who would potentially be nervous about-facing an up tick against them if they support immigration reform. >> it's interesting because the bible hasn't changed for a very, very long
the other thing is you see a real education that has gone on by some of the group to try to get more people on board and the big names like focus on the family and freedom and faith coalition came out in support of it. you will get the big names that come out and try to get it across the finish line. >> you can't see the bottom of our screen, but the what would jesus do. i feel the need to explain it. some of these people who are pastors have even told their congregation to go to the...
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we'll advance proposals aimed at producing results in areas like education, health care, innovation, and job growth. >> congressman, how does this rebraineding or the mission or the hope that the republican party has of trying to put some new paint on the brand mesh with all of the big policy fights that are going on right now in washington, d.c.? >> well, republicans know they're hurting after the last election, but they think the solution to this is somehow just to change the packaging, to change the way they talk about their policies, when the real problems are their underlying policies themselves. so, for example, the american people support comprehensive immigration reform. the president has put forth a proposal. we're looking at bipartisan proposals emerging from the senate. but the house for the most part under republican control is not taking any leadership on that issue. the same with gun safety issues. very common sense proposals, things like having a universal background check. again, the house is sitting on their hands. all they want to deal with are some of these budget
we'll advance proposals aimed at producing results in areas like education, health care, innovation, and job growth. >> congressman, how does this rebraineding or the mission or the hope that the republican party has of trying to put some new paint on the brand mesh with all of the big policy fights that are going on right now in washington, d.c.? >> well, republicans know they're hurting after the last election, but they think the solution to this is somehow just to change the...
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she runs the education break through network. she's a big believer of education reform. her mantra is that your zip code should not determine your destiny. when you have a party who truly believes that every american has a shot at the the american dream that's who we want running the republican and democratic parties. >> jennifer: that's a name we should be watching for. >> absolutely. >> jennifer: i'm going to switch because you just wrote a column relative to this, and i want to ask you about it. we learned this week that there was an alabama high school football coach who was suspended after making derogatory remarks about michelle obama's posterio posterior, actually. why is it that people think it's fair game to talk about our first lady's anatomy. >> it is something that i don't understand. people spoke about hillary clinton when she was running for office and when she was first lady. one of the things that seems to be a little bit different here with regard to people talking about the high school coach that you talked about referred to the first lady as michelle f
she runs the education break through network. she's a big believer of education reform. her mantra is that your zip code should not determine your destiny. when you have a party who truly believes that every american has a shot at the the american dream that's who we want running the republican and democratic parties. >> jennifer: that's a name we should be watching for. >> absolutely. >> jennifer: i'm going to switch because you just wrote a column relative to this, and i...
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mitt romney's education reform plan, and unworkable cuts as usual to medicare and medicaid. not surprisingly, cantor was not willing to get specific about any legislation to make these ideas a reality. >> we do intend to follow up with some policy proposals in legislation working with our committees to move forward on many, many of these issues. >> it's always the follow-up, isn't it? but there was one thing cantor said today that really caught my attention. here it is. >> our solutions will be based on the conservative principles of self-reliance, faith in the individual, trust in family, and accountability in government. >> there is a lot there, isn't there? cantor sounds like he is fresh off another frank luntz seminar. i couldn't believe my ears when i heard those words come out of cantor's mouth. so let me make sure i got this whole thing correct. "our solutions will be based on the conservative principles of self-reliance, faith in the individual, trust in the family, and accountability in government." hmm, i could diagram this on the big board. my mother was a high sc
mitt romney's education reform plan, and unworkable cuts as usual to medicare and medicaid. not surprisingly, cantor was not willing to get specific about any legislation to make these ideas a reality. >> we do intend to follow up with some policy proposals in legislation working with our committees to move forward on many, many of these issues. >> it's always the follow-up, isn't it? but there was one thing cantor said today that really caught my attention. here it is. >> our...
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with that so when that's what happens and your mom is old and dies and you take on that and no other education, it's kind of hard to get that person to step outside of the life and so for me that's the interesting component. now, is me being able to step in to the people's lives and can i rationalize what they do? it's hard because i have this greater knowledge but for them they live in a very insular environment and that insular environment is one that dictates to make a living and put food in their mouth and just what they're doing and kind of the problem that we have here. there's a demand in the united states for the drugs and there's a demand over there for them to survive and so that's the big picture. >> well, you know, we mentioned drugs and weapons. but what about exotic animals? how big is that industry and how can toure get a dragon? >> i can't help him facilitate anything illegal. >> come on. >> talk to him after the show. >> yeah right. okay. i mean, the thing is, i didn't realize how big the illegal animal trade is but the crime syndicates just as big if not bigger than the bigge
with that so when that's what happens and your mom is old and dies and you take on that and no other education, it's kind of hard to get that person to step outside of the life and so for me that's the interesting component. now, is me being able to step in to the people's lives and can i rationalize what they do? it's hard because i have this greater knowledge but for them they live in a very insular environment and that insular environment is one that dictates to make a living and put food in...
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you receive therapy, all the things that the veteran needs in order to overcome the symptoms, educate the family and friend, and help him or her deal with the problems that are associated with ptsd. >> cenk: it seems like in almost every instance early treatment is better. this is a case where funding matters. if if we can get more people to be aware of the situation and get more people benefits i think that will help. >> absolutely. >> cenk: thank you so much for fighting a good fight here back at home as well. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> cenk: now when we come back, we've got a multimillionaire who is going to be on the show. he doesn't want lower taxes. he wants higher taxes. why? he's pushing the middle out strategy for improving the economy, it makes so much sense even the president is beginning to talk about it. he did during the campaign. we'll talk about it with nick hanour when we come back. >> we're a nation of doers and dreamers and we work hard. i believe that the way you grow the economy is from the middle out. [ ♪ music ♪ ] yep. yep. ok. sure. why not? woah. t
you receive therapy, all the things that the veteran needs in order to overcome the symptoms, educate the family and friend, and help him or her deal with the problems that are associated with ptsd. >> cenk: it seems like in almost every instance early treatment is better. this is a case where funding matters. if if we can get more people to be aware of the situation and get more people benefits i think that will help. >> absolutely. >> cenk: thank you so much for fighting a...
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in areas like education. health care, innovation, and job growth. >> later, on the health, happiness and prosperity channel, eric cantor explained what convinced him that it was time to re-brand the republican party and that what convinced him was the last election. >> what i think is we can learn a lot from the last election. you know? and the last election, we -- really spoke a lot about the macro-fiscal situation in this country, which is not good for people. but it is almost as if we didn't complete the sentence. we have got to demonstrate why we're doing it and explain why we're doing what we're doing. >> a few minutes later on the health, happiness and prosperity channel, republican bill crystal didn't sound exactly thrilled about the new health, happiness and prosperity party. >> they should worry less about how they look and they should just act according to conservative principles. >> i'll answer your question, they left it out, they lost a lot of senate races. >> and who were most of the people who
in areas like education. health care, innovation, and job growth. >> later, on the health, happiness and prosperity channel, eric cantor explained what convinced him that it was time to re-brand the republican party and that what convinced him was the last election. >> what i think is we can learn a lot from the last election. you know? and the last election, we -- really spoke a lot about the macro-fiscal situation in this country, which is not good for people. but it is almost as...
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, especially college education, if they want to know and they should know, what are they getting out of that deal and what are the best majors. i think a little guidance is not a bad thing. >> since when a liberal arts, the heart -- >> i'm a pro liberal arts guy. >> have anything to do -- when has it ever been the case. >> right now people are worried about job. >> sure. >> and if what parents are -- >> in other words, don't study history. john, you're not a duddite. >> i know what it is. >> tonight take philosophy, languages, take few examiner scibeses. is that the republican message? >> it's not the republican message. i do think there's truth in advertising. maybe that's a good idea. i do agree of a well-rounded education is good for everybody. >> back to your game of depends who says this. if a democrat said this, we want the government of the united states making sure that colleges list the economic productivity of various majors. you're an intellectual. you know how to handle this. what major would you have majored? of this idea how you can predict your future based on your maj
, especially college education, if they want to know and they should know, what are they getting out of that deal and what are the best majors. i think a little guidance is not a bad thing. >> since when a liberal arts, the heart -- >> i'm a pro liberal arts guy. >> have anything to do -- when has it ever been the case. >> right now people are worried about job. >> sure. >> and if what parents are -- >> in other words, don't study history. john, you're...
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. >> there's the trick on the rubio statement, he speaks about federal financial aid for education but he and his party want to cut it and that's the part he didn't say. >> and he talks about the safety net in general and how we have to protect it but you can't frank luns your way out of this. you can't call it a death panel or chang the way you're talking about these things without fundamentally changing the policies that you're talking about here and that's the issue. they have this sort of no-win situation where if they move too far from where they've been, they're in danger of losing people on the right, they're in danger of these ugly primary battles, they're trying to avoid that. at the same time, they're trying to piece back together a national coalition, which frankly right now they do now have. >> the optic of tuesday night, bobby jindal got wiped out, it set back his career years, he is still trying to climb up to where he was back then. i think marco rubio run as very similar risk. the cosmetics on him are odd because it can read well some of of the things he has but there a
. >> there's the trick on the rubio statement, he speaks about federal financial aid for education but he and his party want to cut it and that's the part he didn't say. >> and he talks about the safety net in general and how we have to protect it but you can't frank luns your way out of this. you can't call it a death panel or chang the way you're talking about these things without fundamentally changing the policies that you're talking about here and that's the issue. they have...
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so i think this is an education process. we need to educate voters. we need to make sure that the smart guys in the primaries have the resources, and this whole idea that club for growth and all these guys complaining that karl rove is getting involved in primaries, cry me a river. these guys have been getting involved in primaries for years -- >> how do you know how to pick winners? pat toomey won, he may be a senator for years. you have rubio, probably be a senator for years if he doesn't get elected president. sometimes the right cooks up people that are good politicians. sometimes they pick up people like sharron angle who can lose the easy ones, and we have seen that. >> there's no question about that. if you look at pat toomey and marco rubio, those guys are stars. this is why you've got to be real careful and why you have to have a vetting process. that doesn't mean you pick the winners and losers. you let the process go forward, but make sure everybody has a chance to get thoroughly vetted. that's the problem with sharron angle. >> are you wit
so i think this is an education process. we need to educate voters. we need to make sure that the smart guys in the primaries have the resources, and this whole idea that club for growth and all these guys complaining that karl rove is getting involved in primaries, cry me a river. these guys have been getting involved in primaries for years -- >> how do you know how to pick winners? pat toomey won, he may be a senator for years. you have rubio, probably be a senator for years if he...
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obama says the only way to continue investing in education research and development and still reverse the deficit is with a combination of spending cuts and additional revenues. republicans said the government got additional revenue with last year's tax agreement which raised tax rates on families making more than 450,000 a year and limited or phased out deductions for income over 300,000. in a statement john boehner said any tax loopholes we close should be used to lower rates for all taxpayers so we can be more xret ticompetitive and cree jobs. he reminded the whitous is missing the monday deadline for submitting a budget. >> it is going to be late. some say it could be as long as a month late. i think that's too bad. our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. >> house republicans want to force the president to submit a budget that would balance in 10 years. >> they hope to pass it in march unless they come up with a deficit reduction agreement before that. it would hurt readiness maintenance and training and make it difficult for the u.s. to respond to global cri
obama says the only way to continue investing in education research and development and still reverse the deficit is with a combination of spending cuts and additional revenues. republicans said the government got additional revenue with last year's tax agreement which raised tax rates on families making more than 450,000 a year and limited or phased out deductions for income over 300,000. in a statement john boehner said any tax loopholes we close should be used to lower rates for all...
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i want to serve the people, and i want every girl, every child to be educated, and for that reason we have organized mulala fund. >> northbound's kier is in birmingham, england, outside the hospital. kier, this is remarkable. it is just a miracle of her spirit, of the doctors who have helped her, the family who has been with her. she's now also the youngest nominee for the nobel peace prize. what are you hearing from the medical team around her about her prognosis? >> that's right. incredible. she is still in the hospital behind me recovering. what an amazing recovery. as those comments on camera, the first since she was shot by the taliban, attacked simply for campaigning for the rights of young women to be educated. in those comments she has such poise and yet at the same time seems so young. one doctor talking about how she would make adult decisions about her treatment and, yet, on other occasions he would come to the room to find her playing cards or playing games, and after that operation even afterwards 24 hours later she gave another interview in which, again, she had such poi
i want to serve the people, and i want every girl, every child to be educated, and for that reason we have organized mulala fund. >> northbound's kier is in birmingham, england, outside the hospital. kier, this is remarkable. it is just a miracle of her spirit, of the doctors who have helped her, the family who has been with her. she's now also the youngest nominee for the nobel peace prize. what are you hearing from the medical team around her about her prognosis? >> that's right....
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immigration, education, health care. cantor is joining a growing list of republicans who are trying to rebrand the party. >> we have not explained why we take the positions that we do. and i think that's one of the lessons learned from this past election. i think that where we have a lot of room to grow as a party, as conservatives is to explain again why we're for the kind of fiscal discipline that we're for. what is the reality and how are we going to help people? >> we had to show our ideas are better at fighting poverty. how our ideas are better at solving health care. how our ideas are better at solving the problems people are experiencing in their daily lives. >> we have to get the republican party back on track. we do that by winning the argument of ideas. >> let's bring in our tuesday gaggle. perry bacon jr., solinda lake and john feehery. john, i'll start with you. this is, i assume, you like hearing the words you are hearing from whether it's eric cantor, paul ryan or what we used there with bobby jindal. the q
immigration, education, health care. cantor is joining a growing list of republicans who are trying to rebrand the party. >> we have not explained why we take the positions that we do. and i think that's one of the lessons learned from this past election. i think that where we have a lot of room to grow as a party, as conservatives is to explain again why we're for the kind of fiscal discipline that we're for. what is the reality and how are we going to help people? >> we had to...
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, ed, last night when he -- when we found the truck that had been torched, realize this is a smart, educated guy. he goes down to san diego, allegedly to steal a boat. indicates that he wants to go to mexico. ed, he drops his wallet with his badge in it. come on, this guy is smarter than that. he left it so we would find it. he goes up to big bear, drops his car off and sets it on fire, almost putting spotlights on saying now i'm up here. this guy is trying to make us look left, make us look right. ed, if he would have been up in big bear mountain last night, it got to 15 to 20 degrees. if this guy was carrying guns, ammo street clothes, walking through the mountains, 275 pounds, he would have started sweat be, he would have got hypothermia. had he stayed outside, he would have died. if police say he is not in any of the cabins up there, and they know that for sure, he either had a switch car up there, or somehow he stole or hijacked a car and left that mountain area. and whatever he did, ed, he is probably one of the more dangerous fugitives that law enforcement has looked for in a long tim
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or education are likely to be laid off. democrats and republicans can still get together on a balanced solution to the deficit crisis. republican senator mitch mcconnell says that he know that sequestration would have consequences, but he blames president obama for not putting forward an acceptable plan to prevent it. for more on that, jonathan strong, staff writer, role call, alexander burns and national political reporter with politico. good afternoon to both of you. >> hello. >> outgoing defense secretary leon panetta warned that the $85 billion in cuts would curtail american naval operations by a full third and could force furloughs of as many as 800,000 civilian workers. take a listen to what he said. >> it is difficult to believe, frankly, that congress would simply stand aside. stand aside, fail to make the decisions necessary to resolve this crisis and allow the defense economy, equality of life of america to be irreparably damaged. >> how damaging would these cuts be to our national security? >> it's a great questi
or education are likely to be laid off. democrats and republicans can still get together on a balanced solution to the deficit crisis. republican senator mitch mcconnell says that he know that sequestration would have consequences, but he blames president obama for not putting forward an acceptable plan to prevent it. for more on that, jonathan strong, staff writer, role call, alexander burns and national political reporter with politico. good afternoon to both of you. >> hello. >>...
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education that would give immediate green cards. i think in the end you will see more of a piecemeal effort than the comprehensive. >> really? >> although i think this is a good beginning. >> you think it will be step by step, incremental, not the whole kit 'n' kaboodle, what the white house wants to see? >> i do. i have been in those negotiations and meetings, and i think you find one group for a part of it, but then they fall out on something else, and, therefore, the something else, and then the first group falls out. i have seen that, and i think in the end, you will have a good start, and i think this is a good start, but i think you are going to have much more incremental successes and i think we should start on those incremental successes. >> really quickly while i have you here, let's switch gears to the other hot topic. gun rights. a long-time supporter, a grade "a" from the nra while in office. you recently said that high capacity magazines are a real danger to our society. what else needs to happen? and politically at thi
education that would give immediate green cards. i think in the end you will see more of a piecemeal effort than the comprehensive. >> really? >> although i think this is a good beginning. >> you think it will be step by step, incremental, not the whole kit 'n' kaboodle, what the white house wants to see? >> i do. i have been in those negotiations and meetings, and i think you find one group for a part of it, but then they fall out on something else, and, therefore, the...
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lucas says he will donate most of the proceeds from that sale to education. >>> time now for "politico." >> let's check in with jim vandehei, executive editor down at "politico" for a look at the "playbook." jim, what's going on? >> good. how you doing? >> doing all right. we've got your behind-the-curtain report this morning. you're talking about the separation between the republican party, fox news, they've shed now dick morris to go along with governor palin. what's going on here inside the republican party? >> i think what's fascinating is you have these parallel purges. you have the republican party and you have fox news. both of which took a big hit in the 2012 elections. fox has seen its ratings dip particularly in january. republicans have obviously had a lot of problems with their brand post-election. so both sides are trying to get rid of the most toxic characters. on the one side, you have fox getting rid of palin. you have fox getting rid of dick morris. you have some of their bigger names advocating for a rethinking of immigration reform. on the official republican side, y
lucas says he will donate most of the proceeds from that sale to education. >>> time now for "politico." >> let's check in with jim vandehei, executive editor down at "politico" for a look at the "playbook." jim, what's going on? >> good. how you doing? >> doing all right. we've got your behind-the-curtain report this morning. you're talking about the separation between the republican party, fox news, they've shed now dick morris to go...
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we've been whacking with a meat ax and cutting programs like infrastructure, education, r&d. >> we're not cutting where the money is. >> and we're not cutting where the money is. nobody really wants -- i don't want to cut medicare, but we've got to deal with medicare if we're going to get this budget deficit under control. but frankly, look. the president and the republicans are playing their cards close to their vests. republicans are saying no new revenue. democrats are saying no new cuts on entitlements. >> can i just jump in and say, though, cuts are important. you're going to need them eventually, but it's better and smarter to do it when you're back on your historic trend growth which in this country is more like 3% a year versus the 2% that we're in. and another thing on taxes, one thing that amazes me that really hasn't sunk in yet is that tax hikes don't necessarily cut growth. i mean, just look at what happened in the clinton era. or look at all the tax cuts we've done actually in the post world war ii era, we have done 18 tax hikes in order to reduce deficit. each time the
we've been whacking with a meat ax and cutting programs like infrastructure, education, r&d. >> we're not cutting where the money is. >> and we're not cutting where the money is. nobody really wants -- i don't want to cut medicare, but we've got to deal with medicare if we're going to get this budget deficit under control. but frankly, look. the president and the republicans are playing their cards close to their vests. republicans are saying no new revenue. democrats are saying...
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>> health, happiness and prosperity. >> reporter: issues that resonate with everyday americans. >> education, health care, innovation, and job growth. >> extreme makeover! >> reporter: this is house majority leader eric cantor's gop makeover. why do the house republicans need an extreme makeover? >> you know, i'm not agreeing with the statement we need an extreme makeover. but what i think is that there's a lot of lessons to be learned from the last election. >> reporter: one of those lessons, toning down harsh gop language that alienated key voters, especially latinos. listen to cantor on immigration. >> and i wouldn't be here if this country wasn't welcoming to my grandparents who fled religious persecution in russia. so there is that and the compassion for the families that are here who frankly, many of whom, have become part of the fabric of this country. >> reporter: but when it comes to controversial policy changes, he won't go there. >> senator rubio supports a path to citizenship, as long as border security is addressed first. do you support that? >> again, i want to see where the ta
>> health, happiness and prosperity. >> reporter: issues that resonate with everyday americans. >> education, health care, innovation, and job growth. >> extreme makeover! >> reporter: this is house majority leader eric cantor's gop makeover. why do the house republicans need an extreme makeover? >> you know, i'm not agreeing with the statement we need an extreme makeover. but what i think is that there's a lot of lessons to be learned from the last election....
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malala was shot in the head for speak out for girls education rights. >>> dramatic video today from outside buckingham palace of all places. take a look at this. a man was holding a knife to his own throat before cops tasered him. you can see it taking place there at buckingham palace. and they took him down quickly. the queen and prince phillip were not in the palace at the time. the whole thing took place during the famous changing of the guard ceremony. >>> scientists are expected to unveil the dna results of bones buried under a car park. he died during the 15th century. >>> remember etch-a-sketch? the man who created the iconic drawing screen has died. he built the first etch-a-sketch in his garage. he was 86. >>> beyonce is tuning up his pipes to perform at the super bowl half time show. she promises to sing it live without lip syncing. we'll see if she brought in madonna's record. >>> two university of texas coaches are accused of having affairs with students. they're not getting the same punishment. that's raising a lot of questions about fairness and double standards. friday the sc
malala was shot in the head for speak out for girls education rights. >>> dramatic video today from outside buckingham palace of all places. take a look at this. a man was holding a knife to his own throat before cops tasered him. you can see it taking place there at buckingham palace. and they took him down quickly. the queen and prince phillip were not in the palace at the time. the whole thing took place during the famous changing of the guard ceremony. >>> scientists are...
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i will switch to education, but our children used to be number one in the united states of america. we are now at 12th because we have been cutting funding. we are looking at cutting literally losing support for education for over 1.7 million children and by the way, more than half of those will be black and latino children, the fastest growing demographic racially. >> just to follow-up, you don't top the call it entitlement reform and i understand that point, but would you encourage democrats to error reforms in an effort to look forward as patiently as you might want overtime? >> yeah and i think democrats have been willing to look at the programs. the question is how. it's starting with the frame that said if you look at the budget deficits, one of the things that is important for americans to understand, the biggest spikes in the deficits we had, world war i. world war ii. iraq and afghanistan. when we invest in war, our costs go way up and so does our budget deficit. we are in a process right now where the deficit is starting to come down. that's the good news. that's part of s
i will switch to education, but our children used to be number one in the united states of america. we are now at 12th because we have been cutting funding. we are looking at cutting literally losing support for education for over 1.7 million children and by the way, more than half of those will be black and latino children, the fastest growing demographic racially. >> just to follow-up, you don't top the call it entitlement reform and i understand that point, but would you encourage...